Talking Threads: With Dr Michiel Scheffer
Do you know your flax from your hemp or your polyester from your viscose? If you want to find out more about what your clothes are made from, then don’t miss the second episode of Down To Earth. In this offering Dr Michiel Scheffer weaves us all a yarn about the history of fabric production. The conversation travels through time, from a century where his two grandfathers milled and spun fabric down the road from each other to a century where fabrics might be grown, spun, dyed an...